The latest celebrity reported to be using hypnotherapy and hypnosis is singer and Russell Brand ex Katy Perry. Media reports state that Katy is "retraining" her brain to prevent taking her ex-boyfriend John Mayer back.

The Roar singer split up with fellow musician John in February after claims emerged that he cheated on her. Like many people at the end of the relationship she has struggled to find a way to move on and so Katy has turned to hypnotherapy to try and help her cope.

"Katy was devastated when they broke up," a source told British magazine Grazia. "But she is a firm believer in alternative therapies and she wants to wipe him from her life for good, so she decided to see a hypnotherapist. She wants to retrain her brain to prevent John coming back."

She reportedly used the treatment after her marriage to comedian Russell Brand ended in 2011 so she already knows how well hypnotherapy techniques work for her. 

Katy, 29, and John split on a couple of occasions during their two year courtship, but she took him back both times. However she is said to be determined to stick to her latest decision.

"They had talked about marriage and she seemed to think he was a changed man, so she is beyond gutted, she doesn't want to find him attractive anymore."

John, 36, is renowned for charming his exes into getting back together with him, including Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Aniston. And according to the source, Katy's refusal to give him yet another chance will not sit well with the musician. "He hates women moving on from him but this time she's determined to completely erase him from her life," the insider added. "Her first step was to get him to move all of his belongings out of her home. Katy wants a fresh start and she is well on her way to putting her relationship with John firmly in her past.

Although the idea that you could just wipe someone from your mind is attractive to the media the reality is that Katy will be using hypnotherapy to help her learn to relax and let go rather than to erase her memory! In times of stress the benefits of hypnosis and hypnotherapy are well documented.

If you would like to experience relaxation for yourself then you can listen to a FREE Hypnosis relaxation MP3 by clicking HERE

One of the great things about what I do is that I am able to become involved with various charity events and lend a hand to do what I can. (Who can forget how much I went on about winning the Strictly Come Dancing event for the Shakespeare Hospice!?)

Recently I went to see the Grayson Perry exhibition “The Vanity of Small Differences” at the Birmingham Gallery and Art museum and little did I know that soon afterwards I would be visiting another tapestry...this time one made by thousands of people...

Sense are a national charity that supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind. As a hypnotherapist who works with people using their senses in a very different way the work they do is of course something that I personally can learn from. How we use our senses is something that I work on every day.

I was delighted when I was asked by Kate Timperley, the ambassador relationship manager for sense, if I would like to attend and open an amazing tapestry of pompoms. Of course, I jumped at the chance.

Gillian Morbey and I feeling the tapestry for ourselves

The Great Sense Pompom Challenge

The Great Sense Pompom Challenge took place at the end of 2013. Thousands of artists with and without multi-sensory impairments contributed to the tapestry from all over the UK, and it is travelling the country to raise awareness of multi-sensory impairments and of Sense. Over 6000 pompoms were made and then stitched together to create a huge piece of sensory art “The Tapestry of Touch”.

For people with hearing and sight impairment, touch can be important. It helps with communication – many deafblind people use a form of sign language involving touch called hand-on-hand signing, or they may use their fingers to read Braille. It helps with connecting – feeling the touch of their friends and loved ones becomes significant when you can’t see or hear. It helps with learning – especially important for babies and children with sight and hearing problems.

The tapestry is now travelling around the country and you can see it for yourself. I was delighted to open the exhibition when it arrived at the Solihull Arts Complex. This is a venue I know well having performed there myself many times, and I even got to meet up with theatre manager Lawrence and reminisce.

I met with Kate herself and I was also really happy to be able to meet the Chief Executive Gillian Morbey and find out more about the tapestry and what Sense do.

This is not a piece of art with a barrier around it and “Do not touch!” signs. This is the exact opposite. It is something created by real people and it screams out to be touched, and played with. There are pompoms made out of wool, and many other materials, even plastic! Some are small and some are large. It really is stimulating to be able to close your eyes and touch these for yourself.

If you would like to see the tapestry for yourself then you can find out all about where it has been, where it is going and where it will end up right here...

http://www.sense.org.uk/tapestryoftouch

and here you can read about the Solihull exhibition and my involvement..

http://www.sense.org.uk/content/tapestry-touch-exhibition-opens-solihull-week

I wonder if you could take a moment out of your day to read more about Sense and what they do.